Progress on Adoption and Regionalisation of International Classifications in the Pacific Expert Group Meeting on International Statistical Classifications 6-8 September 2017, New York Presentation by Nilima Lal Economic Statistician, Pacific Community Email: NilimaL@spc.int

The two regional classifications it uses widely are the: SPC Provides TA to 22 PICTs that are diverse in size, culture and economy Makes use or regional classifications The two regional classifications it uses widely are the: Pacific Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose 2012 (PACCOICOP 2012). Pacific Standard Industrial Classification 2014 (PACSIC 2014) Regional classifications enable: PICTs adopt latest classifications Identifies the world of work in the Pacific: occupations, production, trade etc: relevant policies Helps SPC streamline its work

B Progress made since the last Expert Group Meeting in 2015 B.1 Regional classification on occupations and jobs common in PICTs released Pacific Standard Classification of Occupations 2016 (PACSCO 2016): 2 Volumes Derived from International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 Pacific Community-Australian Bureau of Statistics-Fiji Bureau of Statistics-International Labour Organisation (ILO)-Statistics New Zealand. Five-level hierarchically structured classification Allows all jobs in the Pacific to be classified into six-digit occupations A major use of PACSCO 2016 is for classifying occupation information collected in the 2020 round of population censuses in the Pacific.

Progress made since the last Expert Group Meeting in 2015 cont…. B.2 Work in-progress on classification of international trade in goods Pacific Harmonised System 2017 Despite assistance provided to PICTs to compile IMTS, it still remains week due to issues faced with data from Customs Only 3 countries are using HS17 Proposed way forward was for SPC to collaborate with OCO to develop a regional HS that would address: PICTs Customs Administrations to use the recommended standard to develop their national tariff nomenclature, PICTs National Statistics Offices to compile quality and timely IMTS The regional classification also fits well with all PICTs development priorities to address issues like: Impact of climate change on countries long-term capacity for food production thus impact on growing import of food. High mortality rates due to Non-Communicable Diseases requires access to detailed import data on high-risk commodities like mutton flaps, turkey tails, drinks with high sugar contents. Policies targeted toward lower tariffs/preferential trade agreements also require access to detailed, quality/timely commodity data.

Progress made since the last Expert Group Meeting in 2015 cont…. B.3 Work in-progress on CPC SPC and FAO have collaborated on the use of CPC in the Pacific FOR AGRICULTURE (CROPS, LIVESTOCK AND DERIVED PRODUCTS). Currently working on the CPC to HS and ISIC correlation tables.

C Future Work C.1 PACHS17 Finalization of the publication version.   Finalization of the publication version. C.2 CPC Will check to see if commodities important to the PICTs are included in the CPC. Based on the outcome, SDD will then decide on the action to take.